Showcasing the Handmade in Cork brand

Collaborating to achieve economies of scale and to target international markets, a group of craft makers have created the brand Handmade in Cork.

Launched at Showcase in the RDS last week, the organisation now has eight members including a sculptor, a book binder, a glass worker, a potter, a jeweller, a woodturner, a porcelain artist, and a craft maker producing gifts made of Irish bog oak.

Set up under the auspices of the trade network, Cork Craft and Design, Handmade in Cork is to be run as a small business acting as a distributor or agent for the craft makers involved.